Youth Council Hosts Successful Basketball Tournament by Craig Miller & Denita Santos
On October 3 and 4, the Suquamish Sports and Recreation Department helped the Youth Council coordinate a co-ed basketball tournament at the tribal gym. There were two brackets consisting of teams from Junior High and High School levels. The Junior High bracket had five teams and the High School bracket had four teams participating in the tournament. The junior teams were made up of players from Port Gamble S’Klallam, Nisqually, Chehalis, Pendleton Oregon, and Suquamish. Suquamish took the Championship by beating the very competitive Pendleton, Oregon team. The High School teams included players from Chehalis, Nisqually, Port Gamble
lowing people: Katie Ahvakana who designed the Tournament Logo; Suquamish Wellness (Problem Gambling Awareness Program) for sponsoring the tournament prizes; Silas Fontes for organizing the referees; Trish Chargualaf for keeping the book the entire tournament, Gene Jones Jr. for keeping score the entire tournament, Tony Ledesma for assisting with some silk screening on certain prizes; Mike Madayag who prepared the Chicken Adobo, Barb Santos for donating Spaghetti for the concession stand, Suquamish Youth Council for their hard work on planning of the tournament and keeping the concession up and running. Good job and congratulations to our coaches as well.
S’Klallam and Suquamish participating in the bracket. Suquamish also won the Championship in this Division. Suquamish played their way through the winner’s bracket and played Chehalis in the championship game. The two teams played on Saturday in a double overtime thriller. Suquamish played great defense to beat a really good shooting Chehalis team. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported all the youth during this tournament. The gym was standing room only on both days. Great job to the Suquamish Youth Council and the Sports and Recreation staff for coordinating this awesome event. A big thank you goes out to the fol-
High School Team Back row- Coach Magdalena Turrietta, We Chiquiti, Antonio Boure, Vincent Chargualaf, Jacob Hill, Ali Chiquiti and Coach Craig Miller. Front row- Stacey McCloud, Ipo Fontes, Savannah Turrieta, Debra Hill and Trenton Moss.
Junior High Team Back row- Coach Magdalena Turrieta, Breena Belgard, Malia Peato, Sequoia Chargualaf, Jerald DeLafuente, Bailey Moss, Alijah Sipai and Coach Craig Miller. Front row- Shilene George, Shawn Jones, Popeh Chiquiti, Marcus McLean and Kynoa Sipai.
The Junior High School Team MVP for the tournament was Jerald DeLafuente, with Shilene George and Bailey Moss designated All Stars.
Sports & Rec
Jacob Hill was named the High School Team MVP for the tournament. All Stars for the tournament were We Chiquiti and Savannah Turrieta.
Suquamish Team coaches Magdalena Turrieta and Craig Miller.
Suquamish Adults Basketball League December Schedule Men’s
12/2 Suquamish-Deam Little Boston 5:30 PM Suquamish Guns Bremerton 6:30 PM Rainy City Hoops Fort Kitsap 7:30 PM 12/9 Suquamish-Deam Suquamish Guns 5:30 PM Bremerton Rainy City Hoops 6:30 PM Little Boston Fort Kitsap 7:30 PM 12/16 Suquamish Guns Rainy City Hoops 5:30 PM Fort Kitsap Suquamish-Deam 6:30 PM Little Boston Bremerton 7:30 PM 12/23 Bremerton Suquamish-Deam 5:30 PM Rainy City Hoops Little Boston 6:30 PM Fort Kitsap Suquamish Guns 7:30 PM
Women’s
Total Package Ohana 3:00 PM The Replacements Suquamish 4:00 PM Total Package Replacements
Suquamish 3:00 PM Ohana 4:00 PM
Total Package Replacements 3:00 PM Ohana Suquamish 4:00 PM All games are at: Suquamish Education Department Gym 1538 Sandy Hook Road Poulsbo, WA 98370
Men’s
Leonard Forsman, left, and Andrew George, right, square off during tournament play in November.
Standings
Women’s
Suquamish-Deam 5-0 The Replacements 2-0 1-1 Little Boston 3-2 Suquamish Suquamish Guns 3-2 Ohana 1-1 Rain City Hoops 2-3 Bremerton 1-4 Fort Kitsap 1-4 Women’s League teams Suquamish and Total Package jump for the ball duirng a November game. Suquamish News
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